Critics pounce on Yahoo's telework nix

4:28 PM,
Mar. 1, 2013

Alex Rudloff telecommutes from Satellite Beach for a New York company.

Written by

Wayne T. Price
| FLORIDA TODAY

The timing of Yahoo's recent announcement that it would end telecommuting probably could have been better.

This week is Telework Week, an annual global effort that encourages companies to telework to improve productivity, reduce traffic and greenhouse gas emissions, and aid in personnel retention.

Last year, more than 71,000 people pledged to work from home at least one day during the week, which saved $5,651,890 on commuting costs, kept 3,453 tons of pollutants from the air and resulted in 6,413,006 fewer miles being driven, according to Mobile Work Exchange, the business that ...